Opinion-Based Recommendations: Beware the Tyranny of Experts

Affiliations

¹ Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, MedStar, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Editorial

Brad Spellberg et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 16;8(11):ofab490.

doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab490. eCollection 2021 Nov.

¹ Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, MedStar, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: bacteremia; expert opinion; gram-negative bacilli; guidelines; recommendations; short course antibiotic therapy.

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